Red Ryder accuracy

I published shooting results of the Red Ryder BB gun here earlier.

Note that at 20 feet the hits were all withing the 1" square - and it was shooting to point of aim.

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Here are 2 Daisy's. The little one was used starting at age 4.

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That's not bad for a $40 rifle, the fit and finish of those things has fallen year upon year to make the price point of $39.99 ish bucks.

Same thing happened to the nice air rifle I bought years ago for $250 a Ruger Air Hawk, which I still own and has killed at least 500 pigeons for barns and arenas. It is still accurate with lead wadcutters and hallow points to 44m with iron sights with groups the size of a baseball. The new Ruger Air Hawks are $150 and are pieces of junk looking like a cheap knock offs of the quality firearm I bought years ago by the same name and brand (Made in China, both). If I didn't have that ruger i'd definitely have bought a red ryder but when it comes to air guns I only need one.

One good use for the red ryder would be for those Starlings that like to set up nest repeatedly in your BBQ. Don't want to be using anything over 455fps around the house.
 
The Red Ryder was my first ever gun and the start of it all for me, in fact my mom kept mine and my sister now has it. They really are fun little rifles, more than accurate enough for the price.
 
philhut said:
That's not bad for a $40 rifle, the fit and finish of those things has fallen year upon year to make the price point of $39.99 ish bucks.

Same thing happened to the nice air rifle I bought years ago for $250 a Ruger Air Hawk, which I still own and has killed at least 500 pigeons for barns and arenas. It is still accurate with lead wadcutters and hallow points to 44m with iron sights with groups the size of a baseball. The new Ruger Air Hawks are $150 and are pieces of junk looking like a cheap knock offs of the quality firearm I bought years ago by the same name and brand (Made in China, both). If I didn't have that ruger i'd definitely have bought a red ryder but when it comes to air guns I only need one.

One good use for the red ryder would be for those Starlings that like to set up nest repeatedly in your BBQ. Don't want to be using anything over 455fps around the house.
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Yes the finish feels cheap that's part of why i expected it to be garbage.
I know he is going to drop it in gravel, forget it outside in the rain, use it as a canoe paddle...... so i set my limit at under $50 tax in :)

Presently surprised all around!!
Next time they go on sale, i may get a second one for me.
 
When I was a kid I could hit flies on the wall of our attic (lots of flies there) also could hit other bb's on the floor. BB guns were used for training in the military they had no sights teaching instinctive shooting.
 
My Daisy Model 25 pump with flip aperature peep sights used to be as accurate as any .22, within BB gun distances. I'm pretty sure the one I had would require a PAL now, it was powerful. The light and dimpled ammo was the big handicap, not the gun itself. But I didn't realise how old the design was:

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"Daisy Model 25 Pump BB Gun. Created by legendary Daisy designer, Charles Lefever, the Model 25 helped make Daisy air guns a staple underneath Christmas trees across the country for decades after its introduction in 1914. The modern Model 25 will take adults back to the excitement of their childhood shooting adventures, sporting many of the features found."
 
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My Daisy Model 25 pump with flip aperature peep sights used to be as accurate as any .22, within BB gun distances. I'm pretty sure the one I had would require a PAL now, it was powerful. The light and dimpled ammo was the big handicap, not the gun itself. But I didn't realise how old the design was:

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"Daisy Model 25 Pump BB Gun. Created by legendary Daisy designer, Charles Lefever, the Model 25 helped make Daisy air guns a staple underneath Christmas trees across the country for decades after its introduction in 1914. The modern Model 25 will take adults back to the excitement of their childhood shooting adventures, sporting many of the features found."
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Fruck yaa, now yer talk'in……………………………………….:runaway:...………………………….:dancingbanana:
 
At age 8 (1952) I got a Daisy pump for Christmas. It had iron sights and also a telescopic sight.
We set up a range in the basement and I shot a bazillion shots though it.

The pump had a tubular mag that would hold 25 BBs, as I recall.

2 years later I got a Cooey jr., and the basement range got a better backstop.
 
Ganderite said:
At age 8 (1952) I got a Daisy pump for Christmas. It had iron sights and also a telescopic sight.
We set up a range in the basement and I shot a bazillion shots though it.

The pump had a tubular mag that would hold 25 BBs, as I recall.

2 years later I got a Cooey jr., and the basement range got a better backstop.
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That's right, one of the secrets to the gun was the high capacity spring fed magazine which didn't allow those BBs to get up to any nonsense, no rattling around like in other Daisys. In Canada, the BBs came in little 10 cent plastic envelopes that held 100 BBs (if memory serves), in the States you could great huge paper cans of 5000 or more for not a lot more money than 1000 sold the Canadian way. It was an early lesson in things to come re cross border shopping.
 
Who remembers the Daisy Pledge that was embossed on the butt plate of every one of their air rifles? Been discontinued for years I'm told.


"I pledge myself to protect people, animals and property in my community by always aiming and shooting my rifle safely."
 
I got a Red Ryder at the farm, and a Daisy Buck at home. Waiting for a 29$ refurbished RR to go on sale at PA.

I did a test between the Buck and Crosman 2100... 2100 blew socks around it.
 
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